Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that the renewal of the Agreement on the Elimination of Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) between Russia and the United States is not currently being discussed. He said this in an interview with “News”.
“Not yet,” Peskov said in response to a related question.
Former Deputy Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Alexander Venicetov declarationIt is unlikely that the country will see the United States ready to return to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), with continued “hysteria”.
Venicetov stressed that Washington unilaterally “destroyed” the INF Treaty in order to remove legal restrictions on the development of offensive weapons in the country.
Prior to that, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya spoke About the fact that Western states have not yet shown interest in ending the arms race.